Math for Sale: Free or Best Offer
Mr. Keltner in front of a turbine similar to the one on our campus.
Free is good, right? I created this blog to network with other teachers to share and collect lesson ideas to help improve the experience I am able to provide students in my classes. All at no cost, other than the time spent reading, if you're the "time is money" type.
I began teaching mathematics in the fall of 2003 and have grown my teaching styles and strategies regularly to incorporate numerous forms of technology and creativity along the way.
But how did I get to this point in life? Funny thing is, my high school years left me with the desire to go to college, just to return to high school again. I served as a teacher's aide for my Algebra teacher as a junior in high school, only to eventually assume control of the class when my supervising teacher's sister fell ill for an extended period of time (and a substitute teacher noticed I was working the room, helping students with their assignment on a regular basis, then telling me to save some time and just teach at the board and show the entire class at once). Along with that experience, my mom and dad are a school librarian and retired gifted facilitator, respectively, as well as a brother who teaches social studies (his blog can be found HERE). It is evident education is a trade my family has welcomed with open arms.
I may be most noted locally for the installation of a wind turbine on the high school campus where I teach (Fox 4 Kansas City news story HERE), or the Sierpinski triangle made out of pennies that my students created to benefit the March of Dimes (6 News Lawrence news story HERE), but I hope that the impact I make on my students reaches far beyond these notable projects and helps them acknowledge the importance of mathematics in the world around them.
The "Good for Nothing Blog" organizes and compiles lessons, activities, and displays I have used and hope to incorporate. I hope you are able to find something that is interesting and usable for your own classroom, or to satisfy your own curiosity. But don't bother running to grab your credit card. This stuff is good for nothing (meaning there's no cost).
--Keltner--
I began teaching mathematics in the fall of 2003 and have grown my teaching styles and strategies regularly to incorporate numerous forms of technology and creativity along the way.
But how did I get to this point in life? Funny thing is, my high school years left me with the desire to go to college, just to return to high school again. I served as a teacher's aide for my Algebra teacher as a junior in high school, only to eventually assume control of the class when my supervising teacher's sister fell ill for an extended period of time (and a substitute teacher noticed I was working the room, helping students with their assignment on a regular basis, then telling me to save some time and just teach at the board and show the entire class at once). Along with that experience, my mom and dad are a school librarian and retired gifted facilitator, respectively, as well as a brother who teaches social studies (his blog can be found HERE). It is evident education is a trade my family has welcomed with open arms.
I may be most noted locally for the installation of a wind turbine on the high school campus where I teach (Fox 4 Kansas City news story HERE), or the Sierpinski triangle made out of pennies that my students created to benefit the March of Dimes (6 News Lawrence news story HERE), but I hope that the impact I make on my students reaches far beyond these notable projects and helps them acknowledge the importance of mathematics in the world around them.
The "Good for Nothing Blog" organizes and compiles lessons, activities, and displays I have used and hope to incorporate. I hope you are able to find something that is interesting and usable for your own classroom, or to satisfy your own curiosity. But don't bother running to grab your credit card. This stuff is good for nothing (meaning there's no cost).
--Keltner--